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This new teaching method by the teachers since the beginning of this term.

The tech company is reported a new smartphone model next month.

But then he2 a question that took me off guard. "So Robin, what are you going to do after high school?" He wrote something at his notes, with not even a glance in my3 . "I don't know," I whispered. I was seventeen. I had no4 what I was going to do after high school. My high school teacher told me that I wasn't "college material" and I believed her. Education wasn't exactly5 in my family.

"You don't know? Why don't you go to college to become a6 like me?" He smiled as he glanced at his watch. I thought he was7 for even suggesting it. No one in my family had even graduated from college, let alone become a doctor. "I'm not smart enough to be a doctor."

He stared directly into my eyes when he8 said, "Let me tell you something. You don't have to be smart to be a doctor. You just have to be persevering." Then the doctor hurriedly gathered his things and rushed off to his next9 .

I10 to think about it when I was at school. What would I do after high-school? Even though I wasn't college material, that doctor made a(n)11 on me. I applied to a college and soon found myself walking in the12 as a new student. I often questioned what I was doing there. Maybe I wasn't smart enough for college, but I could be persevering.

I was13 to find that with each individual achievement came newfound14 in myself. I graduated with a master's degree in September 2014, two decades after that15 with my doctor.

It depends on where you live, your age, and other factors, but the answer is, yes. Our intentions for "home" are evolving.

Fast-paced lifestyles and work schedules make it hard to find time to shop for groceries and prepare meals. Online food delivery services have taken off, too. In 2016, one in 10 Chinese were ordering food online. Throughout Europe, online ordering is capturing 56 percent of the market in Sweden and 43 percent in Austria. In India, online food ordering is expected to reach close to $12m(US)by 2023.

While there is a trend towards bring-in and order-in food, as well as dining out, the kitchen is still a core in home life. Food & Wine cited a survey in 22 countries asking about cooking habits. At the lower end were South Koreans, who spent just 3.7 hours per week cooking. People in India were at the top with 13.2 hours per week spent in the kitchen.

Simply being in the kitchen, cooking and eating with other people, can have healthy benefits. Regardless of its size, the kitchen is a warm and inviting place. The difference is, now you can follow a recipe on your iPad while cooking.

It's true that impersonal appliances are connecting to each other and to us. Refrigerators order vegetables. Cooktop hoods with sensors turn on by themselves. While technology and our expectations for the kitchen are shape-shifting in real time, the fundamentals remain the same.

A. So is cooking a way to express yourself?

B. The global average was almost 6.5 hours.

C. But is our relationship to the kitchen changing?

D. It's like gathering around a campfire in the past.

E. People seem to be spending less time cooking worldwide.

F. Now more of them are eating outside the home more frequently.

G. The kitchen is where we connect with food and company in the soul of the home.